future of learning
Leadership
Sheninger Encourages Educators to Build Schools that Work for Students
Gone should be the days where students are chastised for forgetting to bring a pencil to class and being caught with an Internet-enabled device instead. Sheninger believes that “Our challenge is to create schools that work for kids [rather than] schools that simply work for us.”
Personalized Learning
A Dozen Reasons Education Can’t Innovate; A Dozen Ways That’s Changing
Schools just weren't designed to innovate. To the extent that they reflect intentionality, public delivery systems support equity and continuity. But the shift to digital and competency-based learning requires a lot of innovation and change capacity.
Leadership
Piedmont City Schools Re-Imagines the Future for Rural Students
Piedmont City School District is not a big city story but instead proves that all of our kids deserve better conditions for learning and to be fully prepared to enter this 21st century world, regardless if they live in the city or in a “harder to reach” rural area.
EdTech
SXSWedu: That’s a Wrap!
As we all make our way back home and reflect on the lessons learned, hopefully everyone is ready to go out and make change- whether it be in the classroom or the community. We’re sad to see SXSWedu come to an end but we hope you enjoyed our recaps over the last few days.
EdTech
EdTech10: #SXSWedu–A Big EdTech Selfie
Its been a busy week of announcements at #SXSWedu. The best quote of the week from a charter exec and first time attendee to SXSXedu in Austin was, “It’s like a big EdTech selfie.”
Uncategorized
#SXSWedu: It’s Hump Day!
It was another powerful day at #SXSWedu and the weather seems to be making a turn for the warmth Austin is known for. We’ve made it through half the week and still have another great day of programming ahead of us tomorrow.
Personalized Learning
Live From SXSWedu: Cook Up A Batch Of Blended Learning
By: Brianna Soliz. We don’t want our future to be fully dependent on technology; we just want technology to play a supporting role. It was a great first session and I’m glad I was able to be part of it.
EdTech
Edupreneurs Swim in the Dolphin Tank at SXSW
Alex Hernandez and Tom Vander Ark and kicked of their annual Investing in Education Innovation workshop at SXSWedu by noting their mutual enthusiasm for innovations in learning and the anticipated worldwide impact. “There’s never been a better time to be an entrepreneur,” said Alex.
Leadership
Tomorrow is NOW at #iPDX14
By: Jeremy Macdonald. I am here today because I know that tomorrow is NOW, and now (because of you), it will be different for many. And now take what you’ve heard, seen, and learned, take it back to your class, back to you schools, back to your homes not just because you need to better, but because it’s time to be different.
Ed Policy
A Skunkworks for Schools
By: Matt Candler. With our partners at New Schools for New Orleans and Khan Academy, 4.0 Schools will scour the globe for people willing to explore new ways of doing school. After we test their crazy ideas on a very small scale, we’ll chuck the ideas that don’t work and fine-tune the ones that do. In 2016, we’ll launch what we hope will be a groundbreaking new public school in New Orleans based on their ideas.